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Monkeypox cases in the UK are now in the hundreds, and 1,600 cases have been reported around the world in recent weeks. What do we know about it and how it spreads? And can it be contained? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.Host: Jenny Kleeman. Clips: NewsNation, Sky News, WION, BBC News, CNBC, Fox 5 News, GB News, talkTV.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Parents, teachers, students and experts alike say that the UK’s education system desperately needs reform. The Times Education Commission has spent the past year trying to figure out how to fix it. Today, we take a look at the recommendations in its report from a more robust focus on children’s wellbeing and mental health to a broadening of the curriculum.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.  Guests:Rachel Sylvester, Times columnist and chair of the Times Education Committee. Lucy Kellaway, teacher and commissioner. Nicola Noble, co-head teacher at Surrey Square Primary School. The pupils at Surrey Square Primary School. Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Times Education Commission, Evening Standard, Children's Commissioner for England.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a fire broke out at Grenfell Tower in west London in 2017, it led to the deaths of 72 people – and a search for answers. Five years on, what have we learned from the inquiry about the companies who made the cladding that helped spread the fire?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Martina Lees, Senior Property Writer, The Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: ITV News, Grenfell Inquiry, BBC News, ABC News Australia, OnDemand News, AP.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a fire broke out at Grenfell Tower in west London in 2017, it led to the deaths of 72 people – and a search for answers. Five years on, we revisit that night through the stories of three families who called the tower home.  This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Martina Lees, Senior Property Writer, the Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Channel 4 News, ITV News, BBC News, Grenfell Tower Inquiry.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fight for Ukraine has become a Battle for the Donbas, as Putin's army concentrates its forces in the southeast. The fiercest fighting is being waged for the city of Severodonetsk. So why is this city so important to both sides? And how will the outcome change the course of the war?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Times Radio, BBC World Service, DW News, NBC News, The Telegraph, TSN, CGTN.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two weeks on from the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers died, America is still reeling. We look at how the day unfolded, and go inside the National Rifle Association's annual convention to answer the question: why is America still so in love with guns?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guests:- Jacqui Goddard, US Correspondent, The Times.- David Charter, US Editor, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: BBC, C-SPAN, CNN, CBS News, ClassicFirearms on YouTube, Fox 26 Houston, KHOU11, KJRH TV, News 19 WLTX, Clinton Presidential Library. This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The prime minister's narrow win in a confidence vote on Monday night has left his political authority dented and his party even more deeply divided. Can Boris Johnson rebuild public trust and regain authority over his party, or is this the beginning of the end of his time in Downing Street?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor, The Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Times Radio, Sky News, BBC News.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia has been making territorial gains in the east and south of Ukraine in the last few weeks, but this isn’t where Vladimir Putin expected to be at this point in the war. Meanwhile, a brutal blame game is playing out in Moscow - spy chiefs have been sacked and even jailed. What does Putin’s purge mean for Russia?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Tom Ball, news reporter, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Sky News, CNN, Channel 4 News, MSNBC, BBC News.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dolly Alderton - award-winning author, podcaster, screenwriter and Sunday Times Style's resident agony aunt - on love, friendship, sex, and being comfortable with yourself ahead of the release of the BBC adaptation of her memoir. Everything I Know About Love starts Tuesday 7th June on BBC One at 10:40pm and all the episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Dolly Alderton, author, podcaster, screenwriter, and columnist for Sunday Times Style.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: BBC.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode comes courtesy of our sister podcast: Past Imperfect.Justin Webb is a broadcaster who has spent almost four decades at the BBC, from North America correspondent to co-presenter on Radio 4's Today programme. He joins Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson in the studio to talk about the impact never meeting his father had on him, the mental health struggles that he experienced his step-father suffer from, and the bullying he faced at boarding school.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Mind: www.mind.org.ukNSPCC: www.nspcc.org.ukKidscape: www.kidscape.org.ukThis podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.orgProducer: Ben Mitchell.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.